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Posted: 2/26/2019 9:15:35 PM EDT
Who remembers this man? While I am not a Baptist myself, I can think of no one in the media I had more respect for. He was a man of virtue and honor. He never waivered from his position and was a strait shooter. Whether or not you agreed with him, he was as genuine and solid of a person as you could get. I miss him
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Posted: 2/26/2019 9:19:49 PM EDT
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Saw him speak at Texas A&M when I went there. I was very impressed.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 9:21:13 PM EDT
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It's now worse than he has warned.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 9:22:02 PM EDT
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I saw him preach when I was a teenager. The man was charismatic.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 9:24:45 PM EDT
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I always thought he was a pompous, self righteous jackass but then he talked about hating the sin and loving the sinner and I'd never heard that before. It was kind of inspiring to me.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 9:36:42 PM EDT
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Didn't he start Liberty College? Their debate team leads the nation. He was also the self-proclaimed head of the moral majority. Anyway, I was never a fan.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 9:56:41 PM EDT
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Yes, I remember him well. He was a great American who loved this country and worked hard to preserve it.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:03:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:06:50 PM EDT
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I’m probably the only forum member who’s been given a noogy (sp?) by Jerry Falwell as a youngster.
He was a good man. |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:08:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:08:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:09:45 PM EDT
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He was right about a lot of things.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:11:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:14:34 PM EDT
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He died at the restaurant my wife worked at out of HS. He apparently loved Bob Evans and ordered a shit ton of really unhealthy breakfast food.
EDIT: I was wrong, he had his last meal at Bob Evans but did not die there. |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:14:37 PM EDT
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Met him once. My sister parked in his space on campus and he pulled up in his black Suburban on the grass and laughed kindly at her for being so embarrassed. I was impressed to be honest.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:15:10 PM EDT
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He died at the restaurant my wife worked at out of HS. He apparently loved Bob Evans and ordered a shit ton of really unhealthy breakfast food. From wiki On May 15, 2007, Jerry Falwell died suddenly of cardiac arrhythmia in his office at Liberty University at the age of 73. He was buried in the grounds of the university he founded. |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:15:31 PM EDT
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A shuckster that fleeced a lot of people out of millions
Larry Flynt and 1st amendment reigned supreme over him. |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:18:19 PM EDT
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Someone just mentioned Larry Flynt. Stick this in yer pocket:
 Burt Neuborne In The People v. Larry Flynt |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:19:19 PM EDT
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I go through Lynchburg all the time. Right past Falwell Airport (W24) and Liberty University.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:22:03 PM EDT
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Liberty University is the ONE place I would not be afraid to send my kids.
The older I get the more correct Jerry was. |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:22:06 PM EDT
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A shuckster that fleeced a lot of people out of millions Larry Flynt and 1st amendment reigned supreme over him. 
lol |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:23:57 PM EDT
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I grew up in Lynchburg, VA and attended my sophomore year of high school at Liberty Christian Academy which is the school affiliated with his church. His son Jonathan who is the current pastor at Thomas Road Church was in the same grade as me. I met his father, Jerry Many times. He was a genuinely nice man.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:24:10 PM EDT
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A shuckster that fleeced a lot of people out of millions Larry Flynt and 1st amendment reigned supreme over him. I have some disagreements with him but not that cause hostility. And pretty much everything he was concerned about coming to our country has happened and frankly way worse than he imagined. The only issue I have with him was his philosophy that morality could be legislated and I disagreed with the political movement of the moral majority as the mission of the church. But he is with Jesus now I am convinced of it. |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:25:35 PM EDT
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I’m probably the only forum member who’s been given a noogy (sp?) by Jerry Falwell as a youngster. He was a good man. |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 10:26:32 PM EDT
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Met him once, great guy.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 11:03:48 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/26/2019 11:07:11 PM EDT
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Liberty University is the ONE place I would not be afraid to send my kids. The older I get the more correct Jerry was. |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 11:09:25 PM EDT
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Met him once or twice at a local church. Or at least I think I did. It was over 20 years ago.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 11:21:47 PM EDT
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The guy who said 9/11 was God's judgement on America for homosexuality?
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Posted: 2/26/2019 11:24:31 PM EDT
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His story about coon hunting was the best! And all those stores about his cousin Marcel Ledbetter were funny too.
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Posted: 2/26/2019 11:33:55 PM EDT
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A shuckster that fleeced a lot of people out of millions Larry Flynt and 1st amendment reigned supreme over him. Falwell did not take an inappropriate salary or live a high life off of any tithing from the Thomas Road church or anywhere else. What money he had he earned from sales of his books and speaking fees. Falwell was the real deal as far as integrity. For example, he was the person brought in to clean up the mess created by Jim and Tammy Baker's scam timeshare theme park. Give credit where it is due instead of spewing stereotypical bigotry. |
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Posted: 2/26/2019 11:37:49 PM EDT
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His story about coon hunting was the best! And all those stores about his cousin Marcel Ledbetter were funny too. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 12:49:23 AM EDT
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He was a great, ethical man. I had the opportunity to meet and briefly chat with him a dozen times back in the 1980's.
I remember he once joked about firearms and self-protection: "If you have to shoot a man who is robbing your house, and he falls out the window, drag him back in". He saw me on the road once when he was driving his black Suburban -- he recognized me/my car and jokingly drove as if he was going to bump me off the road, then laughed and waved at me through the side glass. He was a good 'normal' kind of guy, despite his celebrity. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 12:53:21 AM EDT
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He was right about a lot of things. then so shall we. Or, at least. this is what someone once told me. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 12:55:34 AM EDT
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The guy who said 9/11 was God's judgement on America for homosexuality? There is data available on request if you want. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 1:06:25 AM EDT
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His University (Liberty) is HUGE in Lynchburg now, I live there and it brings in a lot of great conservative people to the area. Truly awesome to grow up there.
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Posted: 2/27/2019 1:06:48 AM EDT
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Probably that and some other things too. There is data available on request if you want. from rotten politics from within our own system. This is what the word of God said exactly what would and will happen to any sovereign nation who by their own governments turn their collective backs on God, and according to the truth of His word as it stands right now. This is no surprise to some of us who actually know what the Bible says about the wages of sin and always in every case leading to death. And this goes for the demise of nations and in some cases their utter destruction, according to nations, peoples, and tongues also. These are the facts. Some of us actually thought that some of ya'll would have caught on by now. Guess not. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 1:07:13 AM EDT
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Tag to see if people actually know each other.
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Posted: 2/27/2019 1:50:27 AM EDT
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Currently, we are being invaded from the outside and sweltering internally from rotten politics from within our own system. This is what the word of God said exactly what would and will happen to any sovereign nation who by their own governments turn their collective backs on God, and according to the truth of His word as it stands right now. This is no surprise to some of us who actually know what the Bible says about the wages of sin and always in every case leading to death. And this goes for the demise of nations and in some cases their utter destruction, according to nations, peoples, and tongues also. These are the facts. Some of us actually thought that some of ya'll would have caught on by now. Guess not. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 1:53:38 AM EDT
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Currently, we are being invaded from the outside and sweltering internally from rotten politics from within our own system. This is what the word of God said exactly what would and will happen to any sovereign nation who by their own governments turn their collective backs on God, and according to the truth of His word as it stands right now. This is no surprise to some of us who actually know what the Bible says about the wages of sin and always in every case leading to death. And this goes for the demise of nations and in some cases their utter destruction, according to nations, peoples, and tongues also. These are the facts. Some of us actually thought that some of ya'll would have caught on by now. Guess not. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 12:04:09 PM EDT
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To those of you from Lynchburg, do you remember Myrts restaurant on Candler's Mountain Road? Jerry used to eat there some and my mother ran the register taking orders there for 20 years. She graduated high school with Jerry's wife Macel and they stayed friends until Macel's death.
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Posted: 2/27/2019 12:09:53 PM EDT
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I live in land of Falwell. Never met him, but he was ok. Not a Baptist so never listened to him and always got that TV evangelist vibe, but heard quite a few stories of good deeds by him, including one from my grandfather about the work he did when Jerry was first starting out, Jerry not having the money to pay him but promised he would pay when he had it, several years later, papa received a check + interest.
LU is full of dipshits though and quite honestly no matter how much of an economic impact they have, there are times I wish they would just go the fuck away. None of those students can drive worth a shit. Edit: Also Jr is the reason for the explosion of LU. I don't even think Jerry could have imagined how much the University has taken over the city. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 12:18:26 PM EDT
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I live in land of Falwell. Never met him, but he was ok. Not a Baptist so never listened to him and always got that TV evangelist vibe, but heard quite a few stories of good deeds by him, including one from my grandfather about the work he did when Jerry was first starting out, Jerry not having the money to pay him but promised he would pay when he had it, several years later, papa received a check + interest. LU is full of dipshits though and quite honestly no matter how much of an economic impact they have, there are times I wish they would just go the fuck away. None of those students can drive worth a shit. Edit: Also Jr is the reason for the explosion of LU. I don't even think Jerry could have imagined how much the University has taken over the city. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 12:36:34 PM EDT
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Over 40 years ago my aunt worked at the Lynchburg Baptist College library for almost 20 years fresh out of college. I say almost 20 because they let her go so she didn’t get any retirement benefits. Kinda soured me on Falwell senior.
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Posted: 2/27/2019 12:44:32 PM EDT
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His University (Liberty) is HUGE in Lynchburg now, I live there and it brings in a lot of great conservative people to the area. Truly awesome to grow up there. My wife got her bachelors and masters degrees from LU. She said JF was a very nice guy. |
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Posted: 2/27/2019 12:54:34 PM EDT
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I know people who worked at Liberty and they said nothing but good about the man, except for his eating habits. Said he was always giving away money to those in need.
jd1 |
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Posted: 2/28/2019 6:42:03 PM EDT
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I never knew much about the guy, but I had a favorable opinion.
LU was the only college that my son wanted to attend. He really likes it there. He was talking to a friend back home that goes to a local university here. She was saying how the local town folk will show up at their parties and they get out of hand. A kid was shot in the chest at one of the parties that she was at. She asked my son if things happened like that at LU parties. He just laughed and said "No, it's not like that here". My wife is doing an online doctorate program at LU, she likes it. |
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Posted: 2/28/2019 6:49:10 PM EDT
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One of his big supporters was Charles Keating. Kind of wonder about his judge of character.
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Posted: 2/28/2019 6:54:24 PM EDT
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Currently, we are being invaded from the outside and sweltering internally from rotten politics from within our own system. This is what the word of God said exactly what would and will happen to any sovereign nation who by their own governments turn their collective backs on God, and according to the truth of His word as it stands right now. This is no surprise to some of us who actually know what the Bible says about the wages of sin and always in every case leading to death. And this goes for the demise of nations and in some cases their utter destruction, according to nations, peoples, and tongues also. These are the facts. Some of us actually thought that some of ya'll would have caught on by now. Guess not. |
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Posted: 2/28/2019 6:58:32 PM EDT
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I never knew much about the guy, but I had a favorable opinion. LU was the only college that my son wanted to attend. He really likes it there. He was talking to a friend back home that goes to a local university here. She was saying how the local town folk will show up at their parties and they get out of hand. A kid was shot in the chest at one of the parties that she was at. She asked my son if things happened like that at LU parties. He just laughed and said "No, it's not like that here". My wife is doing an online doctorate program at LU, she likes it. 
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Posted: 2/28/2019 7:04:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I thought they found him dead in his office. From wiki On May 15, 2007, Jerry Falwell died suddenly of cardiac arrhythmia in his office at Liberty University at the age of 73. He was buried in the grounds of the university he founded. |
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